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Hey everyone, while browsing at my LGS today, I came across their LotR section, which is currently being clearanced because of how it hasn't been selling. I've been somewhat interested in it for a few months now, and took this opportunity to pick up a few things:

-Mines of Moria for $40
-The old (24-man) box of Moria goblins for $20
-The old (24-man) box of Mordor orcs for $20

I managed to get all of that for slightly less than what Moria costs at retail. Now, my question is: what should I get to further expand the Mordor and Moria armies?

I'd say a troll or two and some characters wouldn't go amiss to give your forces a little hitting power (maybe a character and a captain for each army)

aside from that (i.e: other men), I'd say get a few more specialist troops, be it cavalry, heavy infantry, whatever.

I was thinking some warg riders and wild wargs, then maybe another box of Mordor Orcs for infantry/cavalry, and the four-pack of finecast commanders

warg riders are always a pain to fight against
I'd run someone like Gothmog to help them out a bit

as for the commanders, banners, in my experiece, usually aren't worth the points, though captains do their fair share.

I know that infantry has to run in the 12:1 ratio, is it the same for cavalry? Or are they 6:1?

Cavalry still count as one model, so 12. It's just in most armies, players only tend to run 6 because that's what comes in one box.

Ah gotcha. One more question, I was looking through the army book and noticed that there is no entry for just wargs with no riders. Are they only used in the expansion?

which army book do you have? It could be outdated.

if it's current, you can get wild wargs under angmar I think.

It's for Mordor, I just bought it last night and my FLGS said its the current edition

ah- in the main rulebook (and I think the fallen realms sourcebook), there's wild wargs, though they're not great in rules terms.

Ah crap, I'm going to have to cancel that part of my order then

Yeah the GW website has them in the Mordor section but you take them with Moria,but you could always ally in a warband of wild wargs.

Ah, I'll keep them then. I'm also planning on doing Moria, so things will work out then.

Have there been any rumors on what figures the Hobbit line will include?

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/08/10/60693-games-workshop-minatures-list-holds-hobbit-spoilers/
This has been floating around the intrenet for a few months now, not sure if it's legit but I hope so.

Dwarves: Dáin & Iron Hill Berserkers
Dwarves: King Thráin & Longbeard Vanguard
Dwarves: Dragon Mithril Company of Dwarves
White Council: Dúnedain Runecaster
Men of Esgaroth: Bard & Greystreak Bowmen
Men of Esgaroth: Garf & Footsoldiers of the Dale

I'm liking the sound of those

That's a lot of "Adventure" sets... I wonder if it's just scenery, or if it comes with minis.

Also, I'm digging the excessive amount of Wargs on it. Me gusta